Happy New Year!

Lets hope that 2009 equals more bigger, faster, stronger fish caught for all of us!

Name That Fish!

This will probably be the last Name That Fish entry for the year 2008 so let’s make this a good one! This fish has appeared on Fishing Fury at least once before and is quite rare.

Let the guessing begin!

UPDATE: The correct answer is Oarfish!

Hand Feeding Pike, Now With Less Glove

You may remember the last video we posted about the dangers of hand feeding pike, well here we go again!

It Ain’t Easy Being a Fisherman

Who knew recession would hit us fishermen so hard?

This past summer gas prices were over $1.60 a litre here in Eastern Canada. Even though I drive a pretty economical car, those prices kept me fishing close to home. I’m sure many boat owners fished less then usual this year due to the gas prices as well. Now gas prices are under $0.70 a litre, and I should be happy about that I guess, but I’m really just annoyed! Am I the only one that fished less as a result of the high gas prices?

50 Things We Didn’t Know Last Year!

Scientists are discovering new interactions in the way things work. Here is a list of 50 new things we didn’t know this time last year, and below are a few of my favorites from the list.

6. Stress causes human brain cells to either shrink or grow, leaving victims of serious stress with dramatic changes to their nervous systems.

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8. Ground-penetrating radar used by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter revealed enormous underground reservoirs of frozen water far from Mars’ polar caps — glaciers up to a half-mile thick buried beneath rock and debris. Researchers said one glacier is three times the size of Los Angeles.

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10. The world’s oceans are growing more acidic at an increasing rate, a phenomenon that may lead to major disruptions for corals, lobster, oysters, crabs, mussels and snails, which have difficulty building their calcium crusts in such conditions.

Read About It

11. Magnetic resonance imaging scans of blood flow in the human brain indicate that bullies often derive pleasure from watching others in pain.

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16. Exposure to light in grocery stores reduces the quality of cauliflower, broccoli, chard, leeks and asparagus.

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20. Searching online is better than reading books for increasing the brainpower of middle-aged and older adults.

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29. Excessive flip-flop wearing leads to a much higher risk of developing skin cancer on the feet. Only half of patients with foot melanomas survive.

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30. An ADHD-related gene may encourage behaviors beneficial for nomads.

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35. The fully fleshed-out head of a Tyrannosaurus rex may have weighed more than 1,100 pounds, but much of that volume came from air cavities that likely created painful sinus infections.

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36. An expedition 6,500-feet below the Atlantic Ocean caused one explorer to describe the region as “a new continent.” Hundreds of rare and unknown species were discovered in the 1,500-mile-long Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Europe and America.

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37. Great white sharks travel long distances every winter to meet in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. During this gathering, they make dives to depths of 300 meters.

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40. A newly found species of bacteria can grow at low temperatures, spoiling raw milk even when it’s refrigerated.

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44. Mexican scientists discovered a way to make diamonds from the carbon and organic compounds found in tequila.

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50. Drinking just three cups of coffee a day can make women’s breasts shrink.

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Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas surrounded by their loved ones.